Does LN3 flood?

Yes — parts of the LN3 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 50 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The LN3 postcode district covers Cherry Willingham, Bardney, Dunholme and Welton, Branston, close to Stainfield, Langworth, Kingthorpe, and surrounding villages in Lincolnshire.

50 postcodes in the LN3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 2 medium, 12 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which LN3 postcodes are at risk?

LN3 4AE up to High LN3 4ER up to High LN3 4ES up to High LN3 4ET up to High LN3 4FS up to High LN3 4HJ up to High LN3 4HL up to High LN3 4HN up to High LN3 4HP up to High LN3 4HS up to High LN3 4HT up to High LN3 4HU up to High LN3 4HY up to High LN3 4NG up to High LN3 5AB up to High LN3 5AL up to High LN3 5BB up to High LN3 5BJ up to High LN3 5BX up to High LN3 5BZ up to High LN3 5DF up to High LN3 5DG up to High LN3 5DN up to High LN3 5DQ up to High LN3 5SU up to High LN3 5TA up to High LN3 5TD up to High LN3 5TH up to High LN3 5TL up to High LN3 5TQ up to High LN3 5UF up to High LN3 5UJ up to High LN3 5UL up to High LN3 5UN up to High LN3 5UP up to High LN3 5UR up to High LN3 5UE up to Medium LN3 5UQ up to Medium LN3 5AA up to Low LN3 5AE up to Low LN3 5BD up to Low LN3 5BH up to Low LN3 5BL up to Low LN3 5BP up to Low LN3 5BQ up to Low LN3 5BS up to Low LN3 5BU up to Low LN3 5DH up to Low LN3 5DW up to Low LN3 5XD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near LN3

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

145 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (40 at warning level or above), most recently 13 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.